Not only did my why evaluate series result in a string of comments, I also received a few cartoon contributions. Today’s post features three cartoons courtesy of Laureen Trainer. I asked Laureen to give a little context, here’s what she wrote: I’m always trying to think of reasons why organizations should evaluate as I work a […]
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The Known Software Universe
It used to be that you could get by with just a copy of Microsoft Office suite and your field’s analysis program of choice. Maybe there was another specialized tool you needed, or some type of home built piece of software owned by your organization but that was about it. But the web has grown […]
Don’t change your 200 page report
Don’t change your 200 page reports. I’m sure someone in your audience wants that comprehensive report, and if you change it, you won’t be serving that audience anymore. Now instead of changing the report, create an adaptation. A second report to reach a different audience (maybe a 30 pager). After you’re done with that, why […]
PDF Surprise
So wait… A bunch of PDF reports that were likely not written with a web audience in mind were put up on the web alongside lots of other PDF reports that were likely not written with a web audience in mind. There were probably no other dissemination strategies attached to communicate the individual PDF reports […]
Limited Resources
Today's “Why Evaluate” cartoon inspired by Jonathan Mwewa: Evaluation helps you to answer to key questions of the existence of your project or programme including relevance?, cost effectiveness?, efficiency?, replicability? and sustainability? We need to evaluate our work because we need to be accountable for the resources that we use because resources are scarce and […]
Blogging Advice – Short Version
So a little while ago I compiled a really long blogging advice post. But because everyone is overwhelmed, here is a really short post. You should start a blog because it gives you a platform where you have complete control. Here is how you start. 1. Go to wordpress.com and sign up. You’ll need an […]